Metallic ore-car.



No. 874,571 n PATBNTBD M0524, 1907. E. I. DoDns.

METALLIC ORE GAR.

APPLIGA-TIONILBD JULY 24,1905.

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' No. 874,577. PATENTBD DEG. 24, 1907. E. I. nouns. METALLIC ORE GAR. APPLIU'ATION FILED JULY 24,1905.

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.ETHAN I.- Don'ns, Or PI'ILLMN, ILLINOIS, AssIeNoR rro THnrULLI/IAN--OOMPANn orcrncAGd'ILLINoIs, A CORPORATION orv ILLINOIS.

METALLIC Ona-CAR.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed July 24.1905. -Serial No. 270,993;

*Todllwkom it mag/concern; Beit know-n that I, ETHANI. Donns,ra

i citizen of the United! States', residing at Pullman, in the'countyofCoolnandState of ltogether with su -means for the ven s of the body of the c ar.

To these .ends my invention consists in a metal car having peculiarities of form and Illinois, haveinventedcertairrnew and usefulrmprovenients in MetallicOre-Cars, of

which the following isa specification. This mvention Vrelates to metal cars such as care ern lo ed in trans ortin ore 'eolie and other Inoreo'r. less sticky and adhesive' classesoflading,andthe general object of ktheinvention is to provide-va car of such a "form .and construction Aas will readily effect V the full and complete dischargel of the load 1.5 Y

by gravity, without allowing portions of its load to adhere'to its walls, necessitating the manual discharge of such residue.

. Anotherob'je'ct Of'my invention is to pro# vide a car combining the maximum' of strength, rigidity and durability' withlight 'weight'.and facilities foreasy repairing.

Further objects of Inyinvention are thev employment ofimproved means for actuat- Ingl and elocking the'load discharging doors, yporting and strengthening .construction substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in.

""theclairns l l .51A car constructed in accordance with my invention is 'illustrated in the accompanying draw-ings; wherein,-

'Figure 1 illustrates a lan of the fcar partly in horizontal section; ig. '2 shows a partial.

'side elevation and partial vertical central longitudinal section;Fig. 3 lillustrates an end elevation of the car; 'and Fig. 4` shows a transverse central section on' the .line A-A of Fig. 1. The under frame of the car includes two channel center sills 1, .1, which are attached` *to and extend througlr'the bodybolsters 2;

and tothe Outer' ends'of thecenter sills are attached the draft sills 3, 3. .-The body `of y the .car 4 occupiesthe central' Ortion ofthe frame between thetrucks an is supported by the center sills and by the'side'sills 5,l 5,

to the latter of which itgisattached by means of side stakes formediof I- beams cut on the bias, theshorter outer flanges of which are attached to the side"sills 5, while the longer inner iianges aresecured to the sides ofthe carl?, which-latter. arepreferably downwardly divergent, as shown. The sides '7 and ends 17 of the car are provided with coping angle irons 8 and 9 and strengthening" gusset *plates 10, at the' corners. The ends of the body areinclined and are supported by means of channel struts 11,v 11

which are riveted at their lower ends 12 to the webs of -the center sills and -secured at their upper ends to the flanges Of upright 'strengthening channelsl, riveted to the end Walls of the car. The corner posts of the car comprise the channel beams 14, the webs of which have been bent longitudinally to form `an angle of 90 degrees, the construction being.clearly`shown In Fig. 1.

Secured to the outer side of the webs of the center sills 1 are upwardly converging plates 15A riveted together at their upper `margins and secured to the ends of the car by the angle plates 16. These plates 15 act as load d'eflectors and reinforcing means for the center sills. The center sills A1, 1, are also selcured to the ends of the body 17 by means of lthe angle plates 18, as is illustrated in Fig. 4.'

To the lower ianges of the center sills are attached, by means 'of rivets, inclined downwardly. divergent plates 19, which form a portion of the bottom of the body, said plates being secured to the end of the body by means of angleplates 20. Angle bars 21 areriveted to the lower side of the plates 20 for the urpose of stiffening them, and they may if es'ired, be attached to the end channel beams 24. Doors 22, pivoted tothe sides of the carat 23, constitute the other inclined portions of the bottom of the'body. Across each end of the body, and. connecting the ytwo lower portions thereof, are the channel beams 24, to the lower side of-which is se` cured, by means of bearings 25, a shaft 26,

having thereon a bevel gear 27, meshing Witlra similar gear 28 on a shaft 29, rotatably supported ina bearing 31 and in a cross piece 30 attachedv tothe two upright channel members 11. The upper portion of the shaft 29 is provided with a squared end 32, to which may be attached a..wrench or any other form of turning .means fer operating .the shaft and the gears.

Keyed on shaft 26 isa lever`33, extending from the shaft in opposite directions. Pivotedto one end of this lever 33 is a link 34,-

the latter pivoted at its other vend to a curved `cdrinection-ple'ce 35,-Which inturn iS ivotedO 'at its other end tela 36',- the latter being i hinged at 37 to the door. The other door 22 is similarly connected to lever 33 by corre .sponding partsSS, 39, 40 and 41. This connection of links and levers not only operates as actuating means for the doors, but4 also constitutes 'locking means to keep the doors closed. Owing to the peculiar arrangement of theseparts as shown in full lines in Fig. 4', the pull on the lever 33 due to the weight of the doors and load resting thereon is on a line which passes through the shaft thus giving to the lever and shaft a very small turning moment, the construction acting substan tially as a locking means. o

By turning the shaft 29, the shaft 26 is op? erated by means of the gears to turn the lever 33 and the attached parts to open and close the doors 22.

'In closing the doors the system of connection links is wrapped around the shaft 26`soA as to operate as an elicient locking means. To open the doors the shaft 26 is turned so as to unwrap the links from around 'theshaft and to straighten them out as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4: By this construction I do away with the use of chains which, be

cause of their liability to become tangled or kinked, frequentlybreak, dumping the load upon the road and seriously damaging the brake beams. I also secure-the advantage over chains of having a lpositive opening movement.

By my invention I secure a car whose load is easily and ra idly discharged, and owing to its peculiar esign, means are provided to prevent, as far as possible, the adhesion to the sides, and, consequently, only artial discharge of the contents of the car. l gy the end supports for the body of the car, I secure an unusually strong structure, with' simplicity and ease of manufacture and repair. Y Various changesmay be made inthe construction of such a car Without departing from the substance of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

This patent is intended to embrace only so much of the disclosure made herein as is covered by the claims.l

I claim: f 11. In a car of the class described, the combination of center sills having flanges along their lower edges, a car body extending'below said rsills on each side thereof, said lower portions each having downwardly converging bottom walls secured to a flange of said center sills and to a side wall of said car body, substantially as described.

rgitudinal sill and a car body,

combined 2. l In a car of the class described, the combination of flanged center sills, and a car body extending below said center sills on each side thereof, said lower portions each" having downwardly convergent bottom walls secured to a flange of said center sills and to a,

side wall of the car body, one of thebottom walls of each of said lower portions consti: tuting a load discharging door, substantially as described.

3. In a car of the class described, the combination of {ianged center sills, a car body 7o extending below said sills on each side thereof, saidlower portions each having down- 'wardly converging bottom walls secured to a flange of said ,center sills and to a side Wall of said car body,- the outer bottom ,Walls of 75' said lower portions being hingedto form load discharging doors, substantially as described.

4. The combination ina car having a longitudinal sill and a car bod to the bar and sill, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a. car having a lonof ailanged bar secured to the end of the lcar body, .and a strut riveted to the flange of the bar and the sill, substantially as-described.

6. The combination in a car having a longitudinal sill, and a car body, of a flanged barsecured to the end of the car body,` and struts riveted to the flanges of the'bar and to the 90 sill, substantially as described. y 7. The combination in acar having a cen-.- ter sill composed oftwo' spaced channel beams, of a car body, a bar secured to the end Y of the car body, and struts connecting 'the 95 substantiallyr as '-d'e-;

bar and channel beams, scribed. v

8. The combination in a car, having aleenter sill composed of two yspaced channel beams, to the end of the-carbody,. andzstru'ts fastened tothe iangesv of said bar and to the webs of the channel beams, substantially as described.

ter. sill composed of two spaceil "channel beams, of a car body, a channel .bar secured to the en d of the car body and channel struts connecting the flanges of said b ar and the webs of'said channel beamsfsubstantially as 110` described.- l ETHAN I. DODDS. Witnesses: i

WALTER M. FULLER, y FREDERICK C. G oopwIN.-

of a bar secured` to the end ofthe car body, and a strut riveted of a car body7 a channel bar secured 100 9; The combination in a car, having a cen- 105 

